1917 Swedish general election

1917 Swedish general election

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All 230 seats in the Riksdag
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hjalmar Branting Arvid Lindman Party Social Democrat Liberal Electoral League Last election 87 57 86 Seats won 86 62 59 Seat change 1 5 27 Popular vote 228,777 202,936 182,070 Percentage 31.1% 27.6% 24.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Zeth Höglund Erik Eriksson ? Party Social Democratic Left Centre Last election New 0 New Seats won 11 9 3 Seat change 11 9 3 Popular vote 59,243 39,262 22,659 Percentage 8.0% 5.3% 3.1%
Prime Minister before election Carl Swartz Electoral League PM-elect Nils Edén Liberal

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General elections were held in Sweden between 1 and 16 September 1917.^[1] The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 86 of the 230 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag.^[2] As a result the Rightist Prime Minister Carl Swartz resigned the premiership and was replaced by Liberal leader Nils Edén.

Results[]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democratic Party	228,777	31.1	86	–1
Free-minded National Association	202,936	27.6	62	+5
General Electoral League	182,070	24.7	57	–29
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden	59,243	8.0	11	New
Farmers' League	39,262	5.3	9	+9
	22,659	3.1	5	New
Other parties	1,037	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,066	–	–	–
Total	739,050	100	230	0
Registered voters/turnout	1,123,969	65.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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